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  • An investigation of aged care mental health knowledge of Queensland aged care nurses

    Author(s)
    Hsu, Mei Chi
    Moyle, Wendy
    Creedy, Debra
    Venturato, Lorraine
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Creedy, Debra K.
    Moyle, Wendy
    Year published
    2005
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    Abstract
    Older people are at risk for developing psychiatric disorders and require highly skilled and knowledgeable nurse practitioners to provide early recognition and intervention of psychiatric problems. This study sought to identify the aged care mental health knowledge of registered nurses (RNs) employed in long-term aged care and test the validity and reliability of a North American tool for use in an Australian context. The Mary Starke Harper Ageing Knowledge Exam (MSHAKE) was sent to RNs (n = 350) in 70 long-term care facilities (LTCF) in Queensland, Australia, and 107 surveys were returned (30.5% response). Participants were ...
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    Older people are at risk for developing psychiatric disorders and require highly skilled and knowledgeable nurse practitioners to provide early recognition and intervention of psychiatric problems. This study sought to identify the aged care mental health knowledge of registered nurses (RNs) employed in long-term aged care and test the validity and reliability of a North American tool for use in an Australian context. The Mary Starke Harper Ageing Knowledge Exam (MSHAKE) was sent to RNs (n = 350) in 70 long-term care facilities (LTCF) in Queensland, Australia, and 107 surveys were returned (30.5% response). Participants were found to be unprepared for the reality of caring for the mental health needs of an older population and to have knowledge deficits related to suicide, prevalence of mental illness, mental health and ethnicity, and a number of issues regarding dementia.
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    Journal Title
    International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
    Volume
    14
    Issue
    1
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-0979.2005.00350.x
    Copyright Statement
    © 2005 Blackwell Publishing. The definitive version is available at [www.blackwell-synergy.com.]
    Subject
    Nursing
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/4765
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